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Maryland DUI Consequences & your CDL License

By Bruce M. Robinson, P.A.

So you got a DUI/DWI charge in Howard County, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County or any other county in Maryland and you have a CDL (commercial driver's license). Your CDL is required for you to work, so what happens now? Well, in a word, you have a problem. First, the fact that you were not driving a CDL vehicle at the time of your DUI arrest does NOT matter, you still have the same problem. Yes, it's not fair but that's the way your Federal Government set it up. Now, where to go from here? It's a little confusing so if the following CDL-DUI advice is not working for you, feel free to give us a call. A conviction or a PBJ on the 21-902A, C or D offense will result in you loosing your CDL license for one full year. The fact that you need your CDL to work for a living, to provide for your family or the fact that you were not driving a CDL at the time of your stop or arrest is not relevant to the consequences...continue to full post

Full post as published by Maryland DUI Lawyer Blog on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).